March 13, 2015 Bracketology

* Green denotes teams who have earned their conferences automatic bid
* Red denotes teams who are projected to earn their conferences automatic bid.
 
  The story of the day on Thursday was bubble teams losing.  Essentially every team who had a chance to play their way into the field of 68 lost a game.  That is good news for teams like BYU, Mississippi, Dayton, and Purdue whose places in the tournament appear much safer than they did coming into the day.  The bubble winner today was Indiana.  While every team on the bubble seemed to lose they took care of lowly Northwestern to avoid the same fate of so many other teams.  Now to the bracket:

S Curve

  1.  Kentucky                    2.  Duke                    3.  Villanova                    4.  Virginia 
  5.  Wisconsin                  6.   Arizona                7.  Kansas                       8.   Gonzaga
  9.  Iowa St.                   10.   Baylor                11.   Notre Dame            12.   Maryland
13.  Oklahoma                14.  Northern Iowa    15.   North Carolina        16.  Louisville
17.  West Virginia          18.   Wichita St.         19.   Butler                      20.  Georgetown
21.  Utah                        22.   SMU                  23.   Arkansas                 24.   Providence
25.  VCU                       26.   Colorado St.       27.   San Diego St.         28.   Oregon
29.  Davidson                30.   Iowa                   31.   Ohio St.                  32.   LSU
33.  Boise St.                 34.   Michigan St.      35.    N.C. St.                  36.   Xavier
37.  St. John's                38.   Texas                  39.   Oklahoma St.         40.   Cincinnati
41.  Temple                   42.   Indiana               43.   Georgia                   44.   Purdue
45.  Dayton                   46.   Mississippi         47.   BYU                       48.   Stephen F. Austin
49.  Wofford                 50.   Valparaiso           51.   NCCU                    52.   UC Davis
53.  Louisiana Tech      54.   Central Mich      55.   Albany                    56.   Eastern Washington
57.  Yale                       58.   Georgia St.          59.  Coastal Carolina     60.   Texas Southern
61.  New Mexico St.    62.   North Dak St.      63.  Northeastern           64.    Belmont
65.  North Florida        66.   Lafayette             67.   Manhattan              68.   Robert Morris 

First four out:  Tulsa,  Murray St.,  Miami,  Rhode Island 
Next four out:  Illinois,  UCLA,  Texas A&M,  Connecticut 

Seed List

  1 seeds-  Kentucky,  Duke,  Villanova,  Virginia
  2 seeds-  Wisconsin,  Arizona,  Kansas,  Gonzaga
  3 seeds-  Iowa St.,  Baylor,  Notre Dame,  Maryland
  4 seeds-  Oklahoma,  Northern Iowa,  North Carolina,  Louisville
  5 seeds-  West Virginia,  Wichita St.,  Butler,  Georgetown
  6 seeds-  Utah,  SMU,  Arkansas,  Providence
  7 seeds-  VCU,  Colorado St.,  San Diego St.,  Oregon
  8 seeds-  Davidson,  Iowa,  Ohio St.,  LSU
  9 seeds-  Boise St.,  Michigan St.,  North Carolina St.,  Xavier
10 seeds-  St. John's,  Texas,  Oklahoma St.,  Cincinnati
11 seeds-  Temple,  Indiana,  Georgia,  Purdue v.s. Dayton
12 seeds-  Mississippi v.s. BYU,  Stephen F. Austin,  Wofford,  Valparaiso
13 seeds-  NCCU,  UC Davis,  Louisiana Tech,  Central Michigan
14 seeds-  Albany,  Eastern Washington,  Yale,  Georgia St.
15 seeds-  Coastal Carolina,  Texas Southern,  New Mexico St.,  North Dakota St.
16 seeds-  Northeastern,  Belmont,  North Florida v.s. Robert Morris,  Lafayette v.s. Manhattan